Looks Like I Have The Blues, Again.
Posted on | February 22, 2024 | 10 Comments
More blue fabric. More blue quilts.
This is one where the top was finished last year, then my machine stopped working. It was added to the pile waiting for a turn to be quilted. I am nearly caught up!
This was another exercise in using fabric from my stash. I had enough to make the small post and rail blocks which I then turned into nine large blocks. I then used one of the fabrics to run sashing between them and also create a border. By that stage I had used all of those fabrics up.
I didn’t have enough of any one particular fabric for the backing, so I chose two to go together. Instead of simply sewing them together in strips as I have done before, I chose to centre one and use the other as a border. It kept me on my toes making sure it sat evenly on the back of the quilt.
The picture above shows clearly how the centre fabric was framed, but the photo below is a better indication of the colours.
Bit tricky to take photos with all the plants in the way. Never mind.
I used the striped fabric from the backing for the binding as well.
The quilt has ended up at 70 X 70 inches. Definitely ready to go on a bed.
Lots of strange weather here at the moment. We had windstorms last week with the power off for 20 hours. But that was nothing compared to other areas and the damage that has occurred. And some still do not have power back more than a week later.
Today instead is really hot and I am glad to stay indoors for all of it. Tomorrow our temp is half what it is today. It never gets boring here.
Back to work and more blue quilts, maybe. Cheers, Karen.
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What a glorious blue quilt! And I love how you’ve precisely made everything work together. Really great job. Beautiful group of fabrics, and what lovely lilies!
Fabulous blue quilt and well done with centreing the backing…. looks so good… Yes the weather is a bit up and down…. I have to admit I am over the heat now…
Hugz
Beautiful blues ,well done my friend on your beautiful work
What a wonderful use of your blues. It looks great…I love the binding too x
Beautiful And what a great back.
Another lovely quilt finish Karen! The back is perfect and could almost be used as the top too. I love the first photo with that red geranium sneaking for a look. Weird weather alright. We are praying for friends in the bushfire zone, not too far from where we live. In fact, we drove through Amphitheatre and Lexton on our way to South Australia at the start of our road trip.
Beautiful blues in your quilt, it always good using up your fabric. The backing worked out well with the borders. I don’t like the sound of wind storms and loss of power.
Beautiful stash quilt!!! So fancy, how you did the border on the backing! And it was a perfect binding fabric, too! Your geraniums look like they’re doing well. Sorry to hear about the long power outage. That can be tough. I’m enjoying all your blue quilts, Karen!!!
Marvelous way to do the backing, looks like it was difficult to get it to centre properly. Glad you got your power back.
Congrats on the finish! What a beautiful blue and white quilt! Blue and white together never fails. Beautiful lilies. Rain and wind here today, from cyclone Eleanor, not a strong one, fortunately.